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Brunelli Bedding & Colorful Christmas Cookies

Colorful, happy, bright and whimsical… Aptly named Bonheur (the French word for happiness), today’s Christmas cookies were inspired by my beautiful new quilt and bedding from Brunelli.

I’d been searching for this very color combination and pretty look for quite some time, for our guest room bedding, and was delighted to come across Brunelli quilts in a local shop, and was happy to see an even wider selection on their site. Brunelli is a Canadian company established in Quebec which has been creating, importing and distributing bedding products for nearly 20 years. Important to know is that Brunelli sells exclusively to retailers across Canada, so check with their “Find a retailer” form to see where you can find their products as well.

Besides gorgeous quilts, duvet covers, sheets, curtains and more lovely home decor, Brunelli sells hypo allergenic duvets, which I thought important to have for our guests. A few members of our families have feather allergies, and I’m happy to report that the bedding has been perfect for them. Now all we need is a headboard, some side tables I’m still looking around for, and I’ll share the rest of the room renovations with you.

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Colorful Christmas Cookies

I feel I should give you a little warning {grin}, lots of swirly lines and bright colors below.

The icing colors and tree designs were also inspired by DCWV scrapbooking paper I found at Michael’s this season. I couldn’t find a link for you on line, but the theme is called Jolly Whimsy, if you’d like to check it out. {Instagram photo below}.

The cookies are fairly simple designs easy to create for the new cookie decorator.

If you’re new to cookie decorating, I’ll share some starter links for you here, and you’re welcome to check out my video section, FAQ’s and tutorials.

A good royal icing is important, and I’ve experiment quite a bit to find my favorite recipe.

Next, royal icing consistency makes a difference. If you’d like a smooth look, here’s a video on how I find the consistency.

If you’re a visual learner like I am, you might like this video on how to outline and fill your cookie with icing.

A common question I hear – “How do you let your iced cookies dry?”. Here’s a video for you on that too.

And lastly, another common question, “How far ahead can I decorate my cookies”, is answered here.

Notes on these cookies:

A few notes about the cookies here… the swirls are easy enough to pipe if you know a few key tips. Find those hints here.

The stars are made of fondant cut out with a small star cutter, and coated in disco dust. Important to note is that disco dust is considered non-toxic, but for food decorative purposes only. Make sure your gingerbread cookie recipients know to remove the disco dust items on the ones which have it.

And last but not least, these cookies are gingerbread (my Christmas favorite!), and the recipe can be found here.

You may be able to tell with all the photos, that I had a great time playing around with icing swirls and all the playful designs. I hope you have fun decorating too, and join me in the comment section below if you have any questions or comments!

You were one of the first cookie blogs I visited when I started out a few years ago……….you know you are in the presence of a truly gifted person when as you progress through your craft you are still inspired by your original “teacher”. I think you and Callye will always be mine.

Hi marian i love your cookie desingns they are gorgeous. I wonder how you avoid bubbles when doing lines or small drops; i use the stencil with drops but they always turn out with a hole in the middle and i dont know what to do with the outlines because sometimes they also have the same holes problem. Also what can I do with the color red to avoid tresspassing the white one i use Ateco.
Thanks in advance marian i hope you can help me with those questions

Hi Valerie,
I’m sorry, I don’t know where it’s from if it’s not ecrandal. It’s a copper cutter and the two companies I’ve purchased from which sell that material in cutters are Ecrandal and Coppergifts… Neither have the tree listed right now. I’ll come back and let you know when I find out where it can be purchased!

Was looking for some inspiration for Christmas designs and came across your cookies. Stunning as always! Would you mind if I attempted to copy them? Would love to do them as platters for a few of our family gatherings over the Christmas period.

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